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Inventory Updates in NetSuite 2020.1

2020.1 Inventory |
  • Support for GS1 Bar Code Types
    • Inbound Shipment Management Integration
    • Multi-App Support
    • Export and Import of Custom Mobile Processes
    • SuiteScript Exposure of Warehouse Management Records
  • Supply Chain Control Tower Enhancements

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  • Quality Management – High Volume Sampling
  • Shelf-to-Sheet Inventory Count
  • Warranty and Repairs Management Enhancements
  • Support for Printing Shelf-to-Sheet Count Records

Supply Allocation Exceptions Management

In NetSuite 2020.1, Supply Allocation Exceptions Management is designed to help you make informed reallocation choices. To respond to supply shortages, you can review all sources of supply and order allocations to ensure that high priority sales orders ship complete and on time.

NetSuite now generates intelligent supply reallocation recommendations. To minimize the effect on

all orders, these recommendations are designed to take the resources from multiple unallocated orders. System generated reallocation recommendations reduce the time to find, review, and execute reallocations. After you accept a recommendation, the system automatically re-aligns the supplies to the affected orders. After you review allocation exceptions, you can assess all your sources of supply and existing orders. You may need to select one or more order lines from less urgent customer orders to meet the target sales order line requested date and quantity. After the reallocation is approved, NetSuite automatically executes the re-allocations across the selected orders. However, if the generated recommendations are not suitable, you can generate a new set of allocation recommendations. You can then review reallocation scenarios until you define a solution. After you approve an allocation, the system returns you to the order. The following functionality is new to Supply Allocation Exceptions Management in NetSuite 2020.1.

Exceptions on Demand Orders

The Reallocate Order Items column has been added to the sales order page in the items subtab. This column displays a Reallocate link. When a supply order has allocated demand, a link is displayed in the Allocated Demand column. Clicking this link opens the Allocated Demand window. In the Allocated Demand window Reallocate Order Item column, clicking the Reallocate link opens the Reallocate Order Item page where you can reallocate items.

Exceptions on Supply Orders

When a supply order has allocated demand, the Allocated Demand column displays a link to the Allocated Demand window. You can click this link to open the Reallocate Order Item page where you can reallocate items. Change

Reallocate Order Item

The new Reallocate Order Item window is available in NetSuite 2020.1. The new Reallocate Order Item window provides the following functionality:

  • You can Generate Recommendations.
  • Accept Recommendation and Reallocate to allocate the resources.
  • The targeted Sales Order # is displayed in the Reallocate Orders Item page header.
  • The Select Orders for Reallocation subtab displays possible source orders resources.
  • The Affected Orders subtab displays a system recommended list of orders, resources, and order impact.
  • The Allocated Supply subtab displays the available supplies to target and candidate orders after you allocate supplies.

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The Order Page After you allocate resources, the original order page reopens to display the following:

  • The updated Expected Ship Date.
  • Empty Days Late and Reallocate Order Item fields.
  • Updated Allocated Supply and Quantity fields. Partially Receive Transfer Order Fulfillment Quantities when Transfer is at Cost NetSuite 2020.1 Supply Chain Management enables you to receive a quantity that is less than the quantity on the fulfillment of a transfer order. You now can create multiple partial receipts against specific fulfillments for a transfer order. In the Enter

Transfer Orders form, select the Use Item Cost as Transfer Cost box to ship and receive against transfer

orders when the system uses item cost as the transfer price. To learn more, see the help topic Entering a Transfer Order. To use this functionality, enable the Multi–Location Inventory. To learn more, see the help topic Enabling the Multi-Location Inventory Feature. When you check the Use Item Cost as Transfer Cost box, you can record the actual number of received items instead of the total expected quantity.

Supply chain management supports the following costing methods:

  • Standard
  • Average
  • Group Average
  • FIFO Note: Accounts with multi-book cannot partially fulfill a transfer order receipt when the transfer order is at cost.

Warehouse Management System Enhancements

Note: Use of the Warehouse Management System (WMS) feature requires that you install the SCM Mobile and Oracle NetSuite WMS SuiteApps. See the help topic NetSuite WMS SuiteApps.

Inventory Status column in the bin table of specific mobile pages. This enhancement applies to the

list of bins in the putaway process, in the inbound shipment receiving process, and for single or multi- order picking. By default, these mobile pages display the list of bins by status. You can filter and sort bin lists by inventory status or available quantity.

  • Real-time Display of Recommended Bins List - Work order picking and single or multi-order picking now displays up-to-date lists of recommended bins on your mobile device. If you use pick strategies, they also display filtered and sorted bins based on your pick strategy definition. For more information about recommended bins, see the help topic Recommended Bin Sorting.

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  • New Pick Strategy Filter Options - On pick strategy records, the Transaction Type filter now includes the Work Order and Replenishment options. You can apply pick strategies to either of these transaction types. For more information, see the help topic Defining Pick Strategies.
  • Updates to the Wave Transaction - To improve the tracking, display, and sorting of wave transactions, NetSuite WMS now generates sequential wave numbers.

Wave transactions now set the default status to Released, instead of Pending Release. To assign

pickers to pick tasks, before you save a new wave, you must set the status to Pending Release. You can delete a released wave, if all of its associated pick tasks are in a Ready or Failed status and cannot be retried. NetSuite WMS 2019.2 enhancements that are now generally available in WMS 2020.1 include the following:

  • Bulk Processing Jobs for Fulfillments of Released Orders - NetSuite WMS uses bulk processing jobs to create fulfillments for released orders. You can monitor the status of multiple bulk processing jobs in real time and view any fulfillment errors.

NetSuite WMS submits bulk processing jobs for completed pick tasks, based on your Per Order or Per

Order Line fulfillment preference. The processing time to generate fulfillments varies, depending on

the number of transactions and other jobs in your queue. For more information about the fulfillment preference, see the help topic Setting Warehouse Management Preferences.

  • Workbook Support for Warehouse Management Records - Workbook support is available for the following records and transactions:
    • Wave transaction
    • Pick task record
    • Pick task strategy record
    • Zone record
    • Item family group record
    • Item process group record Workbook support enables you to create SuiteAnalytics workbooks with any of these records and perform record or transaction searches.

NetSuite WMS 2020.1 introduces the following new functionality:

  • Support for GS1 Bar Code Types
  • Inbound Shipment Management Integration
  • Multi-App Support
  • Export and Import of Custom Mobile Processes
  • SuiteScript Exposure of Warehouse Management Records Support for GS1 Bar Code Types

NetSuite WMS 2020.1 supports the following GS1 bar code types:

  • GS1-128 (1D)
  • GS1 DataMatrix (2D) You can scan the supported GS1 bar code types to enter items for inbound, inventory, or outbound processing. To set up GS1 bar codes, you must activate the Enable Advanced Bar Code Scanning system rule and map bar code data to NetSuite fields. Change

Inbound Shipment Management Integration

Inbound Shipment Management Integration enables you to process inbound shipments for your

warehouse. On a mobile device, you can receive items from inbound shipments, which updates the associated order and inbound shipment transactions. You can post item receipts manually or configure NetSuite to automatically generate item receipts for received orders. This integration introduces the Enable Receive All system rule for inbound shipments. You can receive all lots and serial numbers for items on which NetSuite populates the inventory detail on inbound shipment lines.

Multi-App Support

Multi-app support enables you to register and configure multiple mobile applications in your account

with the latest SCM Mobile SuiteApp version. On a mobile device, you can switch from the NetSuite WMS application to another NetSuite mobile application.

Export and Import of Custom Mobile Processes

NetSuite WMS 2020.1 supports the export and import of custom mobile processes. You can export a

mobile process that you customize. Then, you can also import the custom mobile process to another NetSuite account. When you configure an imported process, you can specify the roles that can access it on a mobile device.

SuiteScript Exposure of Warehouse Management Records

In NetSuite WMS 2020.1, the following records and transactions are exposed to SuiteScript 2.0:

  • Wave transaction
  • Pick task record
  • Pick task strategy record
  • Zone record
  • Item family group record
  • Item process group record You can create or update these records through CSV import, with the exceptions of wave transactions and pick task records.

Supply Chain Control Tower Enhancements

NetSuite 2020.1 provides the following enhancements to the Supply Chain Control Tower.

Location Records

Location records now include a User Entry Predicted Risks section that enables you to avoid inventory

shortages for particular locations. The Days Late fields can define a number of days past the expected date that an item is likely to be received. The Confidence fields record the percentage of confidence you have that the Days Late prediction is accurate. The values in the Predicted Risks portlet are sourced from these location fields. For new location records, these fields default to 0 Days Late and 100% Confidence.

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These values will be used if the Supply Chain Predicted Risks feature is not enabled or if intelligent predictions are not available.

Preferences

On the Control Tower Preferences page, you can define the default values for these fields on location records:

  • Vendor Predicted Days Late/Early — Default Value is 0 days
  • Vendor Predicted Risk Confidence — Default Value is 100%
  • Sales Order Predicted Days Late/Early — Default Value is 0 days
  • Sales Order Predicted Risk Confidence — Default Value is 100%
  • Transfer Order Predicted Days Late/Early — Default Value is 0 days
  • Transfer Order Predicted Risk Confidence — Default Value is 100%

Supply Chain Predicted Risks

NetSuite 2020.1 provides a Supply Chain Predicted Risks feature that leverages NetSuite’s IntelligentSuite capabilities to make predictions for purchase orders and transfer orders. The predictions appear in the Predicted Risks portlet of the Supply Chain Control Tower. If the feature does not a trained model to make predictions, it uses the values specified in the location record. This feature requires a past history of data to be able to create a trained model from which predictions can be made. When the Supply Chain Predicted Risks feature is enabled, the following steps occur:

  • The feature confirms that you have met the history thresholds. For purchase orders, this threshold is 500 purchase orders per vendor over the past two years. For transfer orders, this threshold is 500 transfer orders per location pair in the past two years.
  • The feature begins training the model.
  • When complete, the trained model is used to generate predictions.
  • Predictions are available in the Predicted Risk portlet the day after a purchase order is created.
  • The model is retrained every three months or when the feature is enabled.

Supply Chain SuiteAnalytics Workbook

NetSuite 2020.1 provides a Supply Chain Control Tower workbook that gives you access to key supply chain metrics and analytics. You can use the workbook to you can generate the standard pivot tables and charts, or customize them according to your business requirements. This workbook uses Past Due The workbook uses Supply Chain Snapshot, Item, and Supply Chain Snapshot Details as the three formula. Change